Pieksämäki

Pieksämäki

2. A town and municipality of Southern Savonia, Finland.

pieksä-/piekse- (“to beat, strike”) +‎ -mä. mäki (“hill”) has later been introduced folk-etymologically through the inflected forms. Originally used for the lake (*Pieksämäjärvi), referring to the strong waves crashing against the shores, as the lake is relatively large and does not have many islands.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpie̯ksæˌmæki/, [ˈpie̞̯ks̠æˌmæk̟i]
• Rhymes: -æki
• Syllabification^(key): Piek‧sä‧mä‧ki
• Hyphenation^(key): Pieksä‧mäki

Pieksämäki

1. Pieksämäki (a town and municipality of Southern Savonia, Finland)

   Synonym: (1930–1948) Pieksämä

The external locative cases (adessive, allative and ablative) are used with this place name when referring to a location; for example, "in Pieksämäki" is Pieksämäellä.

• → English: Pieksämäki
• → Swedish: Pieksämäki

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